Daily Times

LARKANA: Traditional Sindhi style wrestling (Malh) Malakhro was organised by Haji Abdul Hameed Saryo in village Bagi near World Heritage archaeological site of Mohenjo Daro on Sunday for amusement of the villagers.

As many as 20 famous wrestlers including Majeed Awan, Ghulam Sarwar Behan, Mour Awan, Majid Dakhan, Ali Asghar Shah, Kuraro Abro, Zamir Solangi, Niaz Brohi, Wazir Behan and Waheed Mugheri participated in the event.

Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) leader Adil Altaf Hussain Unar was the chief guest.

Haji Abdul Hameed Bhayo told reporters that he was living in Saudi Arabia and came here specially to hold traditional Malakhro event which is part of Sindh’s culture, vowing to annually organise the event to promote the sport among the masses.

He demanded the Sindh government to look-after the provincial traditions and cultural values and make traditional Sindhi games more famous by organising such events in every nook and corner of Pakistan.

GDA leader Adil Altaf Unar also said that traditional games including Kodi Kodi, Malh, Wanjh Wati, should be patronised by the government and the players be given proper facilities including training grounds and jobs so that they may be able to play their part.

He distributed cash prize of Rs5,000, Rs3,000 and Rs2,000 to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd winners respectively.

Hundreds of people from Dokri, Badah, Areeja, Bakrani, Mohejo Daro, Balhreji towns and other nearby villages watched the event with great amusement and applauded the winners.

The wrestlers used traditional techniques including strength, trips and sweeps to successfully execute take-downs.

The trained Malhs withstood were more successful as they expertly defended take-downs, while overcame their opponents in more dominant positions.